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it was only because george h.w. bush and clinton pushed for his inclusion. four years later, ross perot runs for president again. he had $29 million in taxpayer funds. 79% of the american people wanted to see him in the debates. yet, he was excluded. this time, the candidates wanted to keep him out. bob dole was desperate to keep him out of the debate because he thought that ross perot would take votes away from him. bill clinton did not want anyone to watch the debates. he wanted a non event. bill clinton of the two -- agreed to include ross perot on the condition that one of the debates was canceled, and the other was scheduled opposite the world series of baseball, and there were no follow-up questions. that is what the american people got. exactly as president clinton wanted, by design, the lowest debate audience in history. who took the heat? not the candidates. the polls after the debate showed 50% of the public blamed the commission. only 13% blamed president clinton, 5% blame the bob dole. the role that the commission played along the candidates to e
it was only because george h.w. bush and clinton pushed for his inclusion. four years later, ross perot runs for president again. he had $29 million in taxpayer funds. 79% of the american people wanted to see him in the debates. yet, he was excluded. this time, the candidates wanted to keep him out. bob dole was desperate to keep him out of the debate because he thought that ross perot would take votes away from him. bill clinton did not want anyone to watch the debates. he wanted a non event....
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under the obama white house, basically codified the acts of george bush, the attacks of our privacy, the criminalization of the right to protest, the national defense authorization act in which the president has claimed the right to incarcerate us, basically, without charge or trial, and to do that at his pleasure without having to justify that in any way. yes, there are very serious problems. things are not working under democrats, and republicans alike. we need a government that is of, by, and for the people, not sponsored and working for big money. >> jim lehrer. >> that brings us to closing statements. governor romney, you elected to go last. >> i want to thank you and governor romney. i think this was a terrific debate. i appreciate it. i want to thank the university of denver. four years ago, we were going through a major crisis. and yet my faith and confidence in the american future is undiminished. and the reason is because of its people. the woman i met in north carolina decided at 55 to go back to school because she wanted to inspire her daughter and now has a job. because
under the obama white house, basically codified the acts of george bush, the attacks of our privacy, the criminalization of the right to protest, the national defense authorization act in which the president has claimed the right to incarcerate us, basically, without charge or trial, and to do that at his pleasure without having to justify that in any way. yes, there are very serious problems. things are not working under democrats, and republicans alike. we need a government that is of, by,...
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the $700 billion under george bush has become many, many trillions under barack of ayman. so these bailouts continue. and now we're doing a quantitative easing to a tune of $40 billion every month, again, to bail out the banks. it is time to be breaking up the big banks and bailing out the students instead. they have got it the other way around they are breaking up the students and bailing out the banks. we need to put an end to that. likewise, we are squandering trillions of dollars over the coming decade on a massive, wasteful health insurance, private health insurance bureaucracy. the alternative to austerity is actually moving to medicare for all, single payer system that makes austerity unnecessary. [applause] in fact, by moving to a single payer, medicare for all system, we get a system that people are happy with, that they love and want to defend from government tampering, in fact, and the system covers everyone comprehensively, puts you back in charge of your healthcare, and in addition, it actually saves as trillions over the coming decade, equivalent to that aust
the $700 billion under george bush has become many, many trillions under barack of ayman. so these bailouts continue. and now we're doing a quantitative easing to a tune of $40 billion every month, again, to bail out the banks. it is time to be breaking up the big banks and bailing out the students instead. they have got it the other way around they are breaking up the students and bailing out the banks. we need to put an end to that. likewise, we are squandering trillions of dollars over the...
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president george h.w. bush stumbled in a question and the candidates panic. in 1996, they abolished follow- up questions. in 2004, they began requiring every single question asked by the audience be submitted in advance and an index card to the moderator, who then throw out@ the ones he or she did not like. the moderator of families still asking the questions. in this election cycle, the first on the moderator herself is prohibited from asking follow-up questions, questions seeking clarification. she essentially is a lady with a microphone and keeping time. >> carol simpson was just on from abc, talking about what the role of women in these debates. you had marked erratics, the questioner of the vice presidential candidates. not the -- she had martha raddatz, the questioner of the vice-presidential candidates. the person called on, i suppose, does that have to ask the question. >> there is something ugly about having the league of women voters losing control of the presidential debates to the commission, cochaired by two men who then reduced all female modera
president george h.w. bush stumbled in a question and the candidates panic. in 1996, they abolished follow- up questions. in 2004, they began requiring every single question asked by the audience be submitted in advance and an index card to the moderator, who then throw out@ the ones he or she did not like. the moderator of families still asking the questions. in this election cycle, the first on the moderator herself is prohibited from asking follow-up questions, questions seeking...
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george mcgovern and the same problem. >> i was brought up in the ruling class. >> the bush people, if you gave them a sodium pentothal and asked -- what you think about the american people? you'll hear such profanity you have never heard before. the american people are an obstacle. >> i think we threaten the leadership of the democratic party and a visceral way. i think they felt that stopping mcgovern might be best for the democratic party. >> they were in fear of their political lives, and they were in fear of what might happen if mcgovern won. >> if he was defeated, maybe the reforms that he brought about would be defeated also. >> the only way i made sense of this after the fact is it was a struggle for power. not much to do the issues, but a lot about who was one run the democratic party. >> he gives to the bird in says, "try to win without this." >> it shook the foundation of the united states. he had the anti-war movement, gay and lesbian rights movement, the women's movement. they're all making demands on american asking for a new kind of rearrangement for power and privilege
george mcgovern and the same problem. >> i was brought up in the ruling class. >> the bush people, if you gave them a sodium pentothal and asked -- what you think about the american people? you'll hear such profanity you have never heard before. the american people are an obstacle. >> i think we threaten the leadership of the democratic party and a visceral way. i think they felt that stopping mcgovern might be best for the democratic party. >> they were in fear of their...